When Birmingham plays its first Alliance of American Football game in February, expect plenty of players from Alabama and Auburn to be on the field.

The AAF announced its player-allocation policy on Thursday, and Phase 1 involves pairing former college stars with regional AAF teams.

Each AAF team controls the rights to players from at least 13 college programs. For Birmingham, the colleges include 13 state schools as well as South Carolina, Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech, North Carolina State, Maryland and Missouri. In addition to Alabama and Auburn, the state colleges on Birmingham's assignment list include UAB, South Alabama, Troy, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Jacksonville State, Samford, Miles, North Alabama, Tuskegee and West Alabama.

"If the Birmingham team has (former Alabama running back) Trent Richardson, we think that will be something that would be a significant gate attraction," league co-founder Bill Polian told ESPN.

For players from unaffiliated colleges, the allocation process moves to Phase 2, which assigns players based on their most recent NFL or Canadian Football League team.

Birmingham's NFL affiliates are the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, with Montreal Alouettes and the Ottawa Redblacks as the CFL affiliates. Birmingham was the only franchise to receive two feeder teams in the CFL.

Finally, players from unaffiliated colleges who have never been signed by an NFL or CFL team are free agents and can be offered a contract by any Alliance team.

"When a player is cut or he is not in the NFL or CFL, the first thing is we look for a college affiliation," Polian told The Associated Press. "His rights are your property if he is affiliated with one of your colleges. If his college is not assigned, we go to his pro team. If the NFL team does not work, and he is in the CFL, we go to that. Finally, if he is completely unallocated, he can be put on the rights list first-come, first-serve."

AAF players will sign non-guaranteed contracts worth $250,000 over three years. They'll have the opportunity to earn more through a variety of bonuses tied to performance, statistics and fan engagement. Players who complete one season in the league will earn an educational stipend.

Orlando: Florida, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), UCF, South Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Jacksonville, Stetson, Florida Tech and West Florida in college; the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets and New York Giants in the NFL and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL.